Rights at University?

TomTomH

ThumbRemote wrote: »

It does correspond. Most specialised computing degrees cover the generic basics in the first few years and build on these with the specialisms towards the end. It sounds like 2 years generic, a bit specialised in the third year and highly specialised in the final year. Except it hasn't been.

My guess would be that the university had one or two staff members who specialised in the security area, they've left to be replaced by others who have different fields.

Though as others have said, I'd get proper legal advice on this one. The university conditions and rules will be long and complex, the university administration will be used to brushing off students. See if you can get a free appointment with a solicitor to discuss the case.

Spot on I think, also an issue here with university's offering many courses that are almost the same with just a few specialist units.

However if members of staff leave there is very little a university can do as finding specialists can be very time consuming.

As opposed to legal advice I would maybe recommend trying to focus your dissertation/thesis on a security area, potentially gaining more detailed knowledge than a final year unit? The uni would probably be sympathetic to this.

eyelinerprincess

Sounds like the uni I used to go to. Left after 3rd year with very little knowledge on how to do what I went to uni for (music production), but knew how to program a microchip, make a flash website and do some advanced physics which had nothing to do with sound at all.

Callie22

Is your course accredited by a professional body, like the British Computer Society? If so, then it might be worth checking what the accreditation is based on, as afaik accreditation can depend on the course containing x number of modules in x area at x level. If the course has substantially changed then there may be issues with the accreditation and it could give you something quite strong to argue against the uni with.

paddyrg

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